Hi everyone,

I need help coming up with an idea for a Winter themed birthday cake that will be served on Christmas day. I will need it to feed about 40 people and this will be a joint birthday celebration for 6 people of all different ages. Does anyone have any ideas for something that's gender neutral that can be enjoyed by all ages?

Thanks!!

Hi dvuong,

here are a couple ecipes you may like. They're not so much the Xmas cake you're looking for but could well compliment your celebration: See these links:
http://www.citrusandcandy.com/2010/12/oh-its-beginning-to-look-lot-like.html
http://www.mandymortimer.com/christmas-mini-cakes/trendy.html
http://www.ingredientsofa20something.com/2010/12/christmas-break-baking-cake-pops.html
http://www.ecurry.com/blog/desserts/spiced-ginger-cake/

All the best!

Christmas themed cakes will certainly be gender nutural Here are a few ideas that might help:

This 1st one could be made on a 12" cake (for enough servings) w/a name written at each candycane.
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1293666
On this sheet idea, place the names just inside the frame/border; maybe place the flowers a bit differently so you have more/enough room for all the names http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1293137

On this idea put the names the board, either on the cornelli or under the holly leaves
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1290246

This last idea certainly could be used for Christmas -by putting names in say every other sq, then pipe candycanes or snowmen or poinsettia or holly leaves in the others. Of course the center would contain the 'HB'day' message
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1288955

Hope these suggestions will spark an idea for you to create your own creation

If you just want "winter" themed I would do a cake decorated with snowflakes on the side with six fondant or gp snowmen on top (to represent the birthday babies) wearing birthday party hats instead of winter hats.

Ok Im going to chime in here but remember this is just ONE WOMANS opinion lol

My birthday is at Christmas time (Dec 27th) and all my life Ive never had a real birthday party (which is probably why all these people have gotten together to celebrate their Christmas-time birthdays in the first place), most of the time my gifts are/were wrapped in Christmas paper and I often wondered as a child if my presents were just "hold-backs" from Christmas lol. Its hard to get the same "Birthday Attention" other people get on their birthdays for obvious reasons, so if it were me, I wouldnt want a cake reminiscent of anything Christmas (even though Christmas is my fav holiday)....just sayin...

Ok you said "winter themed "Birthday . Not christmas . i agree with the poster above.make it a special Birthday.cake . what about some snowmen or penquins with party hats Or one of those pretty light icy blue cakes with snowflakes . maybe snowflakes on wires on top and sparkler candles .with.Happy Birthday written out somewhere. i made a WASC cake with candy cane pudding filling last week. It was in.a pink.princess cake and the little girl loved it.

The penguins having a birthday party is a super cute idea I can see them in their hats with the little blow toys sliding down a hill. Especially if the birthdays include kids, this is a really sweet idea.